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Summary

Stone hut circle of 4.4 metres by 3.5 metrres with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.7 metres high forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE127
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 889752
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/74/2
• Old SAM Ref: 28714

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Hut Circle' shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149134 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(02/04/1997) SX 6634 8661 Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system. Measures 4.4m by 3.5m. Internal area 15.4m. Double orthostat wall 1.3m wide, 0.7m high. The door faces 157 degrees, is lined on both sides and measures 0.6m wide.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Castor Parallel System (Plan - measured). SDV229808.

(11/10/1991) Centred SX 6635 8664. Two hut circles on the gentle north-west facing slope of Chagford Common 175m north-east of Batworthy Bridge. See also MDV59184.
The southern hut at SX 6635 8663 is D-shaped with the flat side to the south. The walls of upright slabs and boulders are about 1.5m wide and stand to a maximum of 0.45m high. The interior measures 4.3m east-west by 3.7m. A break in the centre of the south wall may indicate the site of an entrance. These huts were previously recorded under SX 68 NE 14. (see RCHME 1991 'Castor Survey' at 1:2500).

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Southern of two hut circles of 4.6 metres at '20' within a square field to the east of Batworthy Brook at the 'Kes Tor settlement'.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, SD-KT 18 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(21/01/2019) Condition of hut assessed by volunteer recorder as moderate, vegetation encroachment is affecting site. Vegetation encroachment scores on Hut A (=4), Hut B (=3). Hut A very difficult to locate and identification not certain.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during January 2019 visit.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1016691 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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